Versaille Castle

Versaille’s palaces was the official residence of the Kings of France from 1682 untill 1790. It was originally a hunging lodge built in 1624 by Louis XIII. It was expanded by Louis XIV beginning in 1669. He used it as a little lodge as a secret refuge for his amorous trysts with the lovely lovise de la vallira and built a fairy tale park around it. Jules Hardouin Mansart the King’s Princiapal architect drew the plans to enlarge what was tunning more and more into a Palace from A thousand and one nights. The terrace that over tooked the gardens was removed to make way for the magnificient hall of mirrors, the galarie de giaces. It is here from which the king radiated his power and where the destiny of Europe was decided over a century. The French classical architecture was complemented by extensive gardens.